| Author: | Natasha Kanape Fontaine, Howard Scott, translator | ISBN: | 9781988449333 |
| Publisher: | Mawenzi House | Publication: | July 15, 2018 |
| Imprint: | Language: | English |
| Author: | Natasha Kanape Fontaine, Howard Scott, translator |
| ISBN: | 9781988449333 |
| Publisher: | Mawenzi House |
| Publication: | July 15, 2018 |
| Imprint: | |
| Language: | English |
Translated from French by Howard Scott
In this, her third volume of poetry, this Aboriginal writer from Quebec again confronts the loss of her landscape and language.
On my left hip
a face
I walk
I walk upright
like a shadow
a people on my hip
a boatload of fruit
and the dream inside
women and children first
"A cry rises in me and transfigures me. The world waits for woman to come back as she was born: woman standing, woman powerful, woman resurgent. A call rises in me and I’ve decided to say yes to my birth."
Translated from French by Howard Scott
In this, her third volume of poetry, this Aboriginal writer from Quebec again confronts the loss of her landscape and language.
On my left hip
a face
I walk
I walk upright
like a shadow
a people on my hip
a boatload of fruit
and the dream inside
women and children first
"A cry rises in me and transfigures me. The world waits for woman to come back as she was born: woman standing, woman powerful, woman resurgent. A call rises in me and I’ve decided to say yes to my birth."
